Part time guys - what's your revenue?

I'm a part time guy with about 10 weekly accounts and also offer shrub/tree trimming and other turf services. I pull in a little over $1k/month. Assuming 7 months I should pull in $8-9k this year. Just wondering how well you other part timers are doing?

What is the most you think you can pull in doing this part time??

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I work two days a week and have a helper work about 25 hours a week and we do about $3200 a month. I pay him $10 an hour. So I take home about $2000 a month when you figure in expenses etc. Will have someone full time next year.

I always wondered about pt guys in this business. Do you do it for the extra income, the exercise, the love of being outdoor cause you're tied to a desk M-F, or is there something else?

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I started as big as I could in order to have a full-time business. Part-time was as big as I could be, at first, with the amount of equipment and customers. As those two things have grown, I now have a full-time business.

I try to only go out and mow 2 days per week with 4-6 lawns each day. Wed. and Saturday.

It boils down to about 10-12 hrs per week in mowing/driving time. But then there is all the added work of sending out bills, fixing equipment, maintenance, calling people, estimates, buying supplies, and other book work, etc. Each week I probably spend about 5 extra hours on all this.

It is really a great way to spend my free time. I absolutely love it and still have time to relax. Even now that we are working 50hrs weeks at my 9-5 it is still doable.

"I want to make government cool again."
-Barack Obama, September 11, 2008